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BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister has warned Taiwan and its supporters that they are “playing with fire” if they go against Beijing’s…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Food prices have risen dramatically across Europe in recent months, but Hungary has seen…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Thousands of Sri Lankans are holding a protest in the capital, demanding…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s Roman Catholic bishop says he has invited the state-appointed archbishop of Beijing…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks remained listless in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday as investors close out a quiet week of…

By The Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s top general says the military is committed to a transition to civilian rule, in his first…

By MORGAN LEE and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors on Friday formally dismissed an involuntary manslaughter charge…

By YURI KAGEYAMA and STEPHEN WADE Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The first verdicts in the sprawling Tokyo Olympic bribery scandal have been handed…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Fox Corp. chief executive Lachlan Murdoch on Friday dropped his defamation lawsuit…

By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge refused Friday to recuse himself from the New Orleans Roman Catholic bankruptcy…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Hamilton Moreira is a huge fan of Brazil’s Corinthians, one of the country’s top…

By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — When a fire broke out at a Mexican immigration detention facility last month,…

CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two men who served nearly 17 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of attempted…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As the 2024 Republican field begins to take shape, the potential of a faceoff between Nikki…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Britain’s Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is cutting a Pacific tour short to…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is working to round up the Republican votes needed to…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A poll shows only about half of Democrats think President Joe Biden should…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Court documents say a Hawaii shooting that killed two people and wounded three others…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Families of people killed in the Las Vegas Strip massacre in October 2017 will receive shares of…

By PRASHANT RANGNEKAR, Press Trust of India KOCHI, India (AP) — Following the devastating 2017 Cyclone Ockhi that ravaged several parts of Kerala…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for talks at the White House next month…

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A man accused of intentionally ramming his car into a group of California high school students, killing one and injuring…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Regulators say California will provide 100% of the water requested by cities and farms for the first time in years thanks…

By ADAM BEAM and TOM KRISHER Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Attorneys general in 17 states on Thursday urged the federal government to…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — After almost 4 1/2 years of trying, Mexico’s president said Thursday he has finally sold the unwanted presidential jet — to…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press HENNIKER, N.H. (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie delivered his opening arguments against Donald Trump on…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Democratic governor has vetoed a sweeping set of anti-transgender measures that…

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder, who sought to replace the California governor in a failed 2021 recall…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A man has been shot to death at a Starbucks coffee shop in an upscale neighborhood of Mexico City, and police say he apparently…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and FRANCESCO STATI Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Texas-born princess piled her four yapping bichon frise dogs into a taxi…

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A transgender Montana lawmaker was silenced for a second day Friday as her Republican…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A major anti-abortion group blasted former President Donald Trump on the issue Thursday,…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Family members of those killed and wounded during a 2018 attack on a Texas high school…

DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Investigators on Thursday charged a sixth person with reckless murder in connection with a deadly shooting at a Sweet 16…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A cargo container with gold and other items worth over $20 million Canadian (US$14.8 million) was…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities have identified a longtime employee of a New York City parking garage that…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Airport officials in Austin, Texas, say an American Airlines worker has died after being injured on the ramp area just outside…

By TIM SULLIVAN and AARON MORRISON Associated Press In suburban Detroit, it was a lost 14-year-old looking for directions. In Kansas City, it was a…

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Texas man who agreed to surrender on charges of taking part in the…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will formally announce his 2024 reelection campaign as soon as…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A prohibition on transgender girls playing on female sports teams in North Carolina…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press ROCKVILLE, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for a vicious and random sword…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont says the state has paused all prison commutations. The announcement Thursday comes in the wake…

DETROIT (AP) — The number of people killed on U.S. roadways decreased slightly last year, but government officials said the 42,795 people who died…

By The Associated Press Fighting in Sudan between forces loyal to two top generals has put that nation at risk of collapse and could have…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Presss JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Companies run by a former professional wrestler received “sham contracts” in…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Assembly has voted to advance a bill to protect…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Panelists at a major casino industry conference in Atlantic City say the construction of…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s first full-service abortion clinic in years defiantly opened Thursay nearly one…

By ANDREW DALTON and MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors said Thursday they will dismiss an involuntary manslaughter…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland correctional officers say a severe staffing shortage is creating dangerous conditions for…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The family of a man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail’s psychiatric wing is…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three transgender children and their parents have sued Tennessee over a new law that bans…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The family of a man shot and killed by police in northwestern New Mexico after…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer This time it’s for real. Many of Twitter’s high-profile users are losing the blue checks that helped…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated a minister known for inflammatory…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s Democratic lawmakers have killed an ambitious bill that would have…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has refused to sign into law a controversial new…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice John Roberts is being asked to testify to Congress as scrutiny mounts…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The birth of an endangered seal at one of Hawaii’s most popular tourism hubs is…

By JOHN ANTCZAK and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Riordan, a wealthy Republican businessman who served two terms as…

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday condemned U.S. sanctions against Cuba, as he…